<html><body><p><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>FROST/NIXON
Plays January 24 thru Feb. 2 at Schenectady Civic Players</span></b></p><p>
</p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><b> <font size="3"><i>Attached photo shows -- (l to r) Conrad T. Browne-Lӧrcher (as David Frost) & Steven Leifer (as Richard Nixon) – (Photo by Jenn Moak) </i></font></b></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><br></p><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> The third main stage play of
Schenectady Civic Players’ 92<sup>nd </sup>Season, FROST/NIXON, by<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Peter Morgan and<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-style:italic"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-style:italic">directed
by Evan Jones, </span>opens Friday, January 24, and plays through Sunday,
February 2 at its 12 South Church Street Playhouse in Schenectady’s historic
Stockade district.</span></b></p><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><br></p><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN" style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN'><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Frost/Nixon</span></i> is based on a series
of televised </span></b><a title="Frost/Nixon interviews" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frost/Nixon_interviews"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN" style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>interviews</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN" style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN'> that former U.S.
President Richard Nixon granted broadcaster </span></b><a title="David Frost" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Frost"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN" style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN;text-decoration:
none;text-underline:none'>David</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN" style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN'> Frost in 1977 about his administration, including his
role in the Watergate scandal. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It
originally played 137 performances on Broadway in 2007 with Frank Langella as
Nixon and Michael Sheen as Frost.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Langella
won that year’s Tony Award for best leading actor in a play.</span></b></p><p>
</p><p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language:EN"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>In the play British talk-show host David Frost
has become a lowbrow laughingstock. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Richard
M. Nixon has just resigned the United States presidency in total disgrace over
Vietnam and the Watergate scandal. Determined to resurrect his career, Frost
risks everything on a series of in-depth interviews in order to extract an
apology from Nixon. The cagey Nixon, however, is equally bent on redeeming
himself in his nation's eyes. In the television age, image is king, and both
men are desperate to out-talk and upstage each other as the cameras roll. The
result is the interview that sealed a president's legacy.</span></b></p><p>
</p><p><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>The Civic Players cast features </b></span><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language:EN">Conrad T. Browne-Lörcher (as Frost)</span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language:
EN">, <span>Steven Leifer (as Nixon), Nick Bosanko (as
Reston), Nick Muscatiello as (Brennan), Abbi Roy (as Caroline), Angelique
Powell (as Ensemble), John Quinan (as Swifty Lazar), Joe Plock (as Manolo
Sanchez), Mike Schaefer (as Bob Zelnick) and Ryan Palmer (as John
Birt).</span></span></b></p><p>
</p><p><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></b></span><b><i>FrostNixon </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style:italic">ru</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal">ns Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (January 24, 25, 26) and 29 through February
2.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Friday and Saturday curtains are at 8
pm, Wednesday and Thursday curtains are at 7:30 pm., and Sundays are matinees
only at 2:30 pm.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></b></p><p>
</p><p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"'>Tickets are $20.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Order on-line at </span></b><a href="http://www.civicplayers.org/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>www.civicplayers.org</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Or call (518) 382-2081.</span></b></p><p>
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